Natural hazards · Augusta

Augusta, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Augusta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 123 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Augusta?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Augusta to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes30%Cold waves12%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Augusta faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Augusta flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Augusta, from FEMA’s records.

123paid claims since 1979

$4.7Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 2 claims, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Augusta isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Butler County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

41flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

9storm safe rooms built

2flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Augusta

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Augusta itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Augusta.

Brought FEMA money into AugustaDeclared for Butler County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides

$62K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$182K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$57K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$6K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $3K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$100K to the City of Augusta for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$14K to the City of Augusta for repairs

Butler County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Augusta

Augusta and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Augustamostly inland floodingHigh

Brunomostly inland floodingHigh

Augustamostly inland floodingModerate

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Augusta covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Augusta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Augusta. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Augusta total about $3.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.